Viral Mom Memes and a Disastrous Kids’ Event – Ep. 344

February 3, 2025

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In the special segment “Internet Insanity,” Laura and Shanna share the wild and wacky parenting-related content they’ve found online recently, including “Someone’s Mom Said No,” a hilarious meme that captures the reality of shopping with kids, as well as “Willy’s Chocolate Experience,” a fantastical children’s event gone terribly wrong. Also, Shanna talks about her kids visiting her at work for the first time, and Laura reports on spending her son’s 6th birthday in snowy Colorado. Finally, the moms share their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Shanna’s kids are 6 and 8.5 years old, and Laura’s kids are 6 years old and 3.5 years old.

Topics discussed in this episode:

-Having your kids visit you in the office

-Traveling to Colorado with your family

-Laura’s son’s 6th birthday

-When your kid experiences snow for the first time

-Someone’s Mom Said no meme

-Willy’s Chocolate Experience debacle

-Fun board game for the family

-Fun museum for the family

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Big Fat Positive: A Pregnancy and Parenting Journey is produced by Laura Birek, Shanna Micko and Steve Yager.

Show Notes:

• Somebody’s Mama Said No Laura talks about this hilarious and relatable trend on TikTok in which people capture out-of-place items that tell a much bigger story.
• "Willy Wonka Immersive Event Leaves Kids in Tears: 'It Looks Like a Meth Lab'" by James Hibberd This article in the Hollywood Reporter does a great job summing up the amusingly horrible family experience that event coordinators tried to pull off in Glasgow.
• Do You Really Know Your Family?* This game is a hit with Shanna and her family. It elicits conversation and allows family members to get a peek inside each other's minds!

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